Sash-band fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT yONICE.

CHARLES HERBERT OCUMPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

SASH-BAND FASTENER.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,904, dated August6, 1901. Application filed July 6. 1899. Serial No. 722,981. (No model.)

T0 all wir/0771] it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HERBERT OCUMPAUGH, a resident of Rochester,in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sash-Balances; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

Thein vention relates to sash-balances, and has for its object toprovide convenient, secure, and durable means of attaching weights tothe metal bands or other flexible connections of the weights and sash.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure lis a broken section of the windowand sashbalance. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective of a detail. Fig. 3is a perspective of the improved device, and Fig. 4 is a like View ofanother form of the device.

Numeral l denotes a sash, and 2 is a flexible Weight-support, a metalband being indicated in the present instance. The band may be fixed tothe sash in any usual or convenient way.

3 denotes an apertured piece or anchor of v a usual construction towhich the band is fastened, which piece is seated in a suitable openingin the sash.

4 denotes a pulley over whichthe band passes in usual manner, and 5indicates a Weight attached to the band. Said weight in use willordinarily be situated within the window-casing 6.

The parts thus far described are well known and are not of the presentinvention. They may be varied in any desired manner not inconsistentwith the improvement hereinafter pointed out.

Numeral 8 denotes a vl-eight-supporting coupling, preferably made ofwire and having approximately the form of said numeral. The upper partor loop 7 of said coupling is connected to the band by means of a ring9, which ring is held by the end of the band oubled upon itself, asindicated at 10. Said upling also carries aring 11, which engages foldedend 10 of the band on its exterior.

This ring ll is situated above ring 9, substantially as represented, andin practice largely sustains the weight, the ring 9 serving mainly tohold ring 11 on the baud; but it will be understood that in operationring 1l bears upon ring 9 at 9 and that the stress caused by the weightis transmitted to the band at the bottom of its bend. The ring l1 alsoperforms the important function of preventing the straightening out ofthe folded end' of the band. This ring cannot in use be separated fromthe band by a pull without passing over ring 9, and the latteris made ofsuch size'as to prevent it. It is obvious that both rings can bereleased from the band by moving them until ring 9 escapes its foldedend and that they can be applied to the band by a reverse operation.

The weight is connected to and suspended from the lower loop of thecoupliugS in any usual manner. It may be provided with an opening l2 topermit the insertion of the wire end 13, which may be bent into a hookform either before or after its connection with the weight and c'oupledto a similar hook 14 on the other end of the coupling-wire. These hooksmay be clenched upon each other, if desired, to obviate accidentalescape of the weight or the straightening of the wire.

The improvement contemplates variations in form which are merelymechanical and do not involve any departure from the construction andprinciple of operation herein set forth.

I am aware that a weight-supporting bail or link has been held upon awedge-shaped block by means of a ring-like block bearing oppositely uponthe folded parts of a band and drawn upon the band-folds by the weight,and such matter is not of my invention, which is characterized by aso-called binding or clamping device, such as ring 1l. This operates onone-side only of the band and forms and maintainsa bend in bothband-folds, and which can be economically made of wire.

I am aware that bent-wire couplingsare Well known. My improvement ischaracterized by a Wire crossed upon itself and bent to form twoopenings, one on each side of the crossing, the Wire terminatingadjacent one of said openings in detachable hooks, whereby the couplingcan be opened to receive a conroo necting device or devices and thenclosed for use.` v

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A sash-band, a weightlnediately supported thereby, a loose ring through Which one end'of theband is passed and about which it is folded back upon itself, and meansindependent of said ring to bind the band to the ring, said meansbearing on one side only of the band-fold and above the ring` and im-Inediately supporting'the weight to form and maintain a bend in thefolded partyof the band adjacent to the ring through the pull of saidWeight, said means being loosely con nected to and separable from boththe band and the weight.,

2. A sash-band, a weight supported thereby, a ring through which one endof the band is .passed and about which it is folded back upon itself,and means independent of the ring to bind the band to the ring by thepull of the weight, said means comprising a second ring bearing looselyon one side of the part of the fold next the end of the band and abovethe ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HERBERT OCUMPAUGH.

Witnesses:

P. R. MCPHAIL, A. S. NEWELL.

